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University History

UNC Charlotte is one of a generation of universities founded in metropolitan areas of the United States immediately after World War II in response to rising education demands generated by the war and its technology. To serve returning veterans, North Carolina opened 14 evening college centers in communities across the state. The Charlotte Center opened Sept. 23, 1946, offering evening classes to 278 freshmen and sophomore students in the facilities of Charlotte’s Central High School. After three years, the state closed the centers, declaring that on-campus facilities were sufficient to meet the needs of returning veterans and recent high school graduates. >> more

Quick Facts

Founded
1946

Accreditation
Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Doctoral/Research Intensive institution
Reclassified in 2000 by the UNC Board of Governors